Leonid Semyonoviсh Kanevski (, , ; 2 May 1939, Kyiv, Ukrainian SSRДмитрий Медведев наградил Леонида Каневского орденом Дружбы) is a Soviet, Russian and Israeli actor. He became popular with the Soviet audience after starring in The Investigation Is Conducted by ZnaToKi detective series where he appeared as major Tomin.
Biography Leonid Semyonovich Kanevsky was born on May 2, 1939, in Kyiv, Ukraine, into a Jewish family.
His mother studied piano at the Kyiv Conservatory, completing two years of coursework before marrying at age 19, leaving the conservatory, and relocating with her husband to the Caucasus, where he worked.
In 1933, his elder brother Alexander was born, followed six years later by Leonid himself.
At age 17, Kanevsky moved to Moscow and enrolled in the Shchukin Theatre Institute, studying under Vera Konstantinovna Lvova. From 1960 to 1967, he performed at the Moscow Lenkom Theatre. He later joined the Moscow Malaya Bronnaya Theatre, where he remained until 1991.
Kanevsky made his film debut with a minor role in Forty Minutes Before Dawn (1963). He gained widespread recognition for his portrayal of police major Alexander Tomin in the TV series The Investigation Is Conducted by Experts, as well as for roles such as the smuggler in the comedy The Diamond Arm and the haberdasher Bonacieux in the miniseries D’Artagnan and Three Musketeers.
In 1991, Kanevsky repatriated to Israel, where he co-founded the Gesher Theatre (Hebrew for "bridge") in Tel Aviv with director Yevgeny Arye. The theater’s troupe initially consisted primarily of Russian actors from Moscow and Leningrad theaters.
In 2003, he hosted the game show Ninth Wave on Israel’s Channel 9. Since January 2006, he has served as the presenter of the documentary series The Investigation Continues... on NTV.
2010s
In 2009, Kanevsky appeared in the TV series Semin and its sequel Semin: Retribution He also voiced the character Finn McMissile, a spy, in the Russian dub of the animated film Cars 2.
Over his decades-long career, Kanevsky has acted in over 50 films and TV series. He is a member of the Russian Union of Cinematographers.
Filmography
1963 — Forty Minutes Before Dawn — Store manager in a village general store 1965 — City of Masters — Head of the secret police 1967 — The Life and Ascension of Yuras Bratchik — A henchman of the cardinal, posing as a blind beggar 1967 — Two Hours Earlier — Ensemble administrator 1968 — Spring on the Oder — Intelligence officer Oganesyan 1968 — Smile to Your Neighbor — House Manager 1968 — The Punisher — Mr. Andreas 1968 — The Diamond Arm — Contrabandist, put in plaster 1969 — The Red Tent — Italian Radio Operator 1969 — Every Evening at Eleven — Saxophonist 1969 — Abduction — Director 1969 — Commandant Lauterburg — Collins 1970 — Amazing Boy — Boxer Uppercut 1971 — 2003 — The Investigation Is Conducted by ZnaToKi — Tomin 1972 — Train Stop — Two Minutes — Krasovsky 1972 — So the Summer Has Passed 1974 — Adventures in a City that does not Exist — Captain Bonaventure 1975 — Countermeasure - Smirnov 1978 — d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers 1982 — Along Unknown Paths — Desyatnik Millionskiy 1983 — Mary Poppins, Goodbye — as Bob Goodetty 1984 — Pippi Longstocking 1990 — Death in the Cinema 2001 — Late Marriage 2005 — Poor Relatives 2008 — Photographer 2009 — Semin 2010 — Between the Lines — Efim (Fima) Melnik 2011 — Semin. Retribution —Boris Petrovich Semin, Police colonel, Head of Department (main role) 2011 — Cars 2 — Finn McMissile (Russian version) 2012 — Welcome and … Our Condolences — as himself (outro gag) 2017 — Purely Moscow Murders —Grigory 2017 — Hotel of Happy Hearts — Aron Moiseevich, Pawnshop Owner 2018 — What Men Talk About. Continuation — Semyon, Lesha's Father 2019 — Women's Version. The Secret of the Party Dacha — Boris Semyonovich Bystrykh, Member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, father of Svetlana
TV Kanevsky is the host and main person behind the NTV crime documentary series The investigation led by... (2006–).
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